Author: Derek Fisher

  • Reasons to Stay by Derek Fisher

    This is a story about a relationship over several years, told in a deliberately disjointed and jarring way, with clipped sentences and a nonlinear timeline. I’m not going to quote it because that doesn’t really capture the appeal. Just click through and read it.

  • Progress by Derek Fisher

    Two toys are on a quest across the Mojave Desert, for some reason. The apocalypse featuring the cast of Toy Story, voiced by Pinky and the Brain: “Is it all a big joke? Is the point of your existence to drive the unlucky child that comes to possess you feces-eating mad? A likely mystery to…

  • Elevator Etiquette: A User’s Guide by Derek Fisher

    This story starts strange and goes off the deep end in a hurry. It’s a memo to the residents of a high-rise about how to conduct themselves in the elevator: If you are lucky enough to live on 13, please utter the Incantation of Ages. If you fail to utter the Incantation, and it is…

  • Rash by Derek Fisher

    This story subverts expectations at every turn. The slow reveal of the true depth of the dystopia is excellent. Here’s how it starts: Purple sky in morning. Endless promise of warming. Purple sky at night. We all turn out the light. I decided to do a thing. Every hour on the hour I’d tell a…